Internet Cleanup 3.0

Aladdin Systems gave its Internet Cleanup 3.0 an oddball user interface that makes features less obvious than they should be. As with some other programs here, spyware scrubbing is only a small part of what Internet Cleanup does, along with cleaning out caches, histories, and cookies.

The convenience of Internet Cleanup's auto-clean and scheduling features does not extend to the spyware removal tools. We had to use the Manual Clean dialog box, select Spyware, and do a Thorough Scan. Internet Cleanup does identify the spyware it finds, but the interface is clumsy, with button names that don't convey their function: "Apply" might be better labeled "Clean," for example.

On our tests, Internet Cleanup found just 7 of the 20 spyware/adware programs. It claimed to have successfully removed all applications it found, but it continued to detect webHancer and Web3000, no matter how many times we removed them and rebooted.

Alexa was not visible on our test system after Internet Cleanup removed it, but several file and Registry fragments were. The same was true for CommonName, which left substantial fragments, and to a lesser extent DownloadWare and SideStep. Cydoor and Gator, on the other hand, appeared to be gone. The Trojan horse NetBus was left untouched, but the application didn't claim to remove it.

On our initial test runs the program found no spyware, thanks to corrupted files in the program, which Aladdin fixed.

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